The 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time
From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power.
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The 100 Best Songs of 2024
The best songs of the year, from Chappell Roan to Beyonce to Kendrick, and more.
Addded Dec 3, 2024
The 100 Best Albums of 2024
The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Beyonce, Billie Eilish, and more.
Addded Dec 2, 2024
Remembering Will Cullen Hart, the Olivia Tremor Control's Timeless Dreamer
Remembering Olivia Tremor Control's Will Cullen Hart, who has died at age 53, and his role in the Elephant 6 musical collective
Addded Dec 1, 2024
Steve Albini: 17 Essential Albums
Steve Albini, dead at age 61, worked on classic albums by Nirvana, Pixies, Breeders, PJ Harvey, Big Black, Shellac, and many more
Addded May 8, 2024
The 100 Best Albums of 2023
We Rank the best albums of the year, from Lil Yatchy to Olivia Rodrigo to Lana Del Rey.
Addded Dec 21, 2023
The 100 Best Songs of 2023
We rank the best songs of the year, from Lana to Drake to the Beatles.
Addded Dec 4, 2023
The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
Celebrating six-string glory in blues, rock, metal, punk, folk, country, reggae, jazz, flamenco, bossa nova, and much more.
Addded Oct 13, 2023
Jeff Tweedy on Judaism, Staying Sober, and Why He's 'Disappointed' by Dylan
With a new Wilco album and his best memoir yet out this fall, he opens up about listening to new music, collecting expensive guitars, and more.
Addded Sep 13, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot: 10 Essential Songs by the Canadian Folk Icon
Honoring the widely respected folkie, who died at 84.
Addded May 2, 2023
Grammys 2023: The Best, Worst, and Most WTF Moments
Bad Bunny’s blazing performance, Kim Petras’ powerful speech, and a spectacular tribute to hip-hop made this night sing. But about that Album of the Year win….
Addded Feb 6, 2023
David Crosby: 20 Essential Songs by the Folk-Rock Legend
The golden-voiced pioneer and true American original leaves behind a singular catalog full of gorgeous music.
Addded Jan 20, 2023
The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2022
Pusha T’s top-tier dope raps, JID’s dynamic vision, and Megan Thee Stallion’s fearless confidence were only some of the highlights from one of the most surprising years in rap music.
Addded Dec 15, 2022
The 100 Best Songs of 2022
Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Steve Lacy, Pharrell, and Quavo and Takeoff were just some of the artists whose songs this year we won’t forget.
Addded Dec 5, 2022
The 100 Best Albums of 2022
Beyoncé’s dance-music ecstasy, Bad Bunny’s latest world-conquering smash, Taylor Swift’s late nights, Harry Styles’ song cycle, and Pusha T’s master class in metaphor were only some of the albums that ruled our world this year.
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Takeoff Always Believed in Migos’ Success: ‘I Knew I Was Going To Be Here’
In Migos’ first ‘Rolling Stone’ profile in 2015, the late rapper showed how serious he was about music.
Addded Nov 1, 2022
Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time
From prog epics to R&B masterpieces, these are the records that define music at its most ambitious.
Addded Oct 12, 2022
Pusha T: The Rise and Reign of a Self-Made King
He defied unreal odds to reach his highest peak yet with ‘It’s Almost Dry’ - and he’s still climbing.
Addded Oct 11, 2022
How Katie Alice Greer Started Over and Rebuilt Her Sound
After her band fell apart, the former Priests singer had to find a new way forward on her own. Inside the radically warped pop experiments of her solo debut.
Addded Jul 26, 2022
Reinventing Flasher: How the D.C. Post-Punk Band Found a New Beginning
Band drama and a pandemic were just the spurs that the longtime D.C. band needed to make their great new album, "Love Is Yours."
Addded Jun 14, 2022
Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
These are the albums that have defined hip-hip history - from Run-DMC to Playboi Carti, from G-funk to drill, from the Bronx to Houston, and beyond.
Addded Jun 7, 2022
‘I Can’t Believe How Lucky We Are’: Jeff Tweedy on the Return of Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival
Pandemic-delayed festival returns to western Massachusetts next month with performances from Japanese Breakfast, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Sun Ra Arkestra, Terry Allen, and more.
Addded Apr 14, 2022
Taylor Hawkins: 10 Great Performances, From Foo Fighters to Alanis Morissette
Classic Foos moments, brilliant covers, and more - a look back at the long career of a multi-talented rock dynamo.
Addded Mar 26, 2022
‘A Whole New Ride’: The Bold, Brash Return of Sunflower Bean
After the pandemic took away the live music that defined them, the New York trio stared down existential doubts -- and came away stronger than ever.
Addded Mar 16, 2022
Yusuf/Cat Stevens on Songwriting, Spirituality, and Climate Hope
Singer-songwriter looks back on what he’s learned in decades of searching - and reveals his upcoming memoir and new album - in Rolling Stone‘s Last Word interview.
Addded Feb 15, 2022
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Declares War on Drill Rap
Mayor blames “alarming” music after two Brooklyn rappers killed, criticizes social media companies for “allowing music, displaying of guns, violence.”
Addded Feb 11, 2022
Rolling Stone's Best Music of 2021: Staff Picks
Rolling Stone staffers share their top albums released in 2021.
Addded Dec 23, 2021
Rolling Stone's 35 Best Spanish-Language and Bilingual Albums of 2021
From Cimafunk’s electrifying ‘El Alimento’ to Mon Laferte’s loving homage to Mexico on ‘Seis’ and Amenazzy’s showcase of Dominican excellence on ‘Santo Niño,’ here’s what we loved in 2021.
Addded Dec 16, 2021
Rolling Stone's 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021
The year’s most impressive rap releases included bold moves from Young Thug, Drake, Doja Cat, and Playboi Carti.
Addded Dec 16, 2021
The 100 Greatest Neil Young Songs
From tender ballads to raging grunge, the songwriter’s nearly 60-year career has produced some of rock’s most enduring music.
Addded Dec 16, 2021
No Doubt’s Tony Kanal on Robbie Shakespeare: ‘You Can’t Overstate How Great He Was’
‘You’re sitting with these legends in the studio, and it was just mind-blowing,’ Kanal recalls of No Doubt’s sessions with the late, great bass player and producer in 2001.
Addded Dec 11, 2021
Empath Find a New Dimension
The Philly psych-noise band discovers the beauty in slowing down, with a little help from Bowie and Elvis.
Addded Dec 8, 2021
Rolling Stone's 50 Best Songs of 2021
Wizkid’s global-pop sunshine, Taylor’s 10-minute masterpiece, Silk Sonic’s 1970s slow jam, and much more.
Addded Dec 6, 2021
Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2021
From Adele’s heroic return to Rauw Alejandro’s thrillingly unpredictable breakthrough to Lil Nas X’s pop-rap victory lap, and much more, here are the records that pushed music forward this year.
Addded Dec 3, 2021
Interpol Get Cozy
Yes, you read that right. Paul Banks and Daniel Kessler take us through the surprising reinvention that led to the band’s “positive,” “uplifting” 2022 LP.
Addded Nov 11, 2021
‘Some Sort of Future, Even If It’s a Nightmare’: Thom Yorke on the Visual Secrets of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’
With two new books and a deluxe reissue arriving, Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood reveal the untold stories of their artwork for the classic Radiohead LPs.
Addded Nov 3, 2021
Musicians on Musicians: Lorde & David Byrne
On fighting stage fright, staying true to your inspiration, and the mysteries of songwriting.
Addded Oct 15, 2021
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
For the first time in 17 years, we’ve completely remade our list of the best songs ever. More than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures helped us choose a brand-new list full of historic favorites, world-changing anthems, and new classics.
Addded Sep 15, 2021
Rolling Stones' U.S. Tour to Proceed as Planned After Charlie Watts' Death
Promoter announces tour kickoff on September 26th in St. Louis is still on: “The Rolling Stones’ tour dates are moving ahead as planned.”
Addded Aug 26, 2021